ML25034A217
| ML25034A217 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/03/2025 |
| From: | Emily Krause Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 24-986-01-LA-BD01, RAS 57275, Palisades 50-255-LA-3 | |
| Download: ML25034A217 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Emily I. Krause, Chair Dr. Gary S. Arnold Dr. Arielle J. Miller In the Matter of HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant)
Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 ASLBP No. 24-986-01-LA-BD01 February 3, 2025 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Scheduling Briefing Concerning the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact)
On January 31, 2025, the NRC Staff notified the Licensing Board and the participants in this proceeding that the Staff has issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).1 The Staff asserts that the draft EA and draft FONSI relate to Petitioning Organizations proposed environmental contentions.2 We therefore request written briefing on the impact of these documents, if any, on the proposed contentions currently pending before the Board. Participants also should be prepared to discuss the potential impact of these documents during the February 12, 2025 prehearing conference.
Initial briefs are due February 19, 2025, and responses are due February 26, 2025.
Initial briefs may not exceed fifteen pages, and responses may not exceed ten pages.
1 Notification of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (Jan. 31, 2025) at 2.
2 Id.
In addition, we request that the participants confer and jointly propose a schedule for new and amended contentions based on the draft EA and draft FONSI, including deadlines for answers and replies.3 The joint proposed schedule should be submitted by February 19, 2025.4 It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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Emily I. Krause, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland February 3, 2025
3 See 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(c), (i).
4 At the outset of this proceeding, we established a thirty-day deadline for new and amended contentions, which continues to apply unless we order otherwise. See Licensing Board Order (Initial Prehearing Order) (Sept. 19, 2024) at 4 n.12; Licensing Board Order (Amending Initial Prehearing Order) (Oct. 17, 2024) at 2. We expect that the participants joint proposed deadline for new and amended contentions would not extend past that thirty-day window by more than a few weeks, absent sufficient justification.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING
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Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC
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PALISADES, LLC
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(Palisades Nuclear Plant)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Scheduling Briefing Concerning the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail.resource@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Emily I. Krause, Chair, Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Administrative Judge Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Administrative Judge Whitlee Dean, Law Clerk Georgia Rock, Law Clerk Email: Emily.Krause@nrc.gov Gary.Arnold@nrc.gov Arielle.Miller@nrc.gov Whitlee.Dean@nrc.gov Georgia.Rock@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Kevin D. Bernstein, Esq.
Julie G. Ezell Peter L. Lom, Esq.
Anita G. Naber, Esq.
David E. Roth, Esq.
Michael A. Spencer, Esq.
Susan H. Vrahoretis, Esq.
Georgia Hampton, Paralegal Email: Julie.Ezell@nrc.gov Peter.Lom@nrc.gov Anita.ghoshnaber@nrc.gov David.Roth@nrc.gov Michael.Spencer@nrc.gov Susan.Vrahoretis@nrc.gov Geiorgiann.Hampton@nrc.gov Counsel for Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC Balch and Bingham LLP 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 M. Stanford Blanton, Esq.
Grant Eskelsen, Esq.
Alan D. Lovett, Esq.
Jason B. Tompkins, Esq.
Email: sblanton@balch.com geskelsen@balch.com alovett@balch.com jtompkins@balrch.com
Palisades Nuclear Plant, Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Scheduling Briefing Concerning the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact) 2 Representative for the Petitioners (who reside within the Palisades Emergency Planning Zone)
Arthur Blind 1000 West Shawnee Road Baroda, MI 49101 Email: a.alan.blind@gmail.com Counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Dont Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert, and Nuclear Energy Information services Wallace L. Taylor 4403 1st Ave. S.E., Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 Email: wtaylorlaw@aol.com Terry J. Lodge 316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520 Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Email: tjlodge@yahoo.com Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of February 2025.
CLARA SOLA Digitally signed by CLARA SOLA Date: 2025.02.03 14:55:52 -05'00'